Medium-pacer Mohit Avasthi singlehandedly dismantled Kerala&rsquo;s batting line-up with seven wickets to leave <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/vijay-merchant-trophy-aryan-sakpals-ton-helps-mumbai-dominate-gujarat-in-finals-23330632" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mumbai</a> in command on Day Two of their <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ranji-trophy-shreyas-gopal-shines-against-mumbai-shivam-dube-smashes-fifty-23330811" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ranji Trophy</a> Group B fixture here on Saturday.
In response to Mumbai&rsquo;s first innings 251, the home side were restricted to 244 with Avasthi&rsquo;s accurate and disciplined bowling (7-57).
With a narrow lead of seven runs in the first innings, Mumbai came out for their second innings with a strong intent to extend their advantage.
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Openers Jay Bista and Bhupen Lalwani exhibited class and composure, remaining unbeaten at the close of play.
Bista&rsquo;s unbeaten 59 (67b; 3x4, 1x6), combined with Lalwani&rsquo;s resilient 41 (90b; 4x4), propelled Mumbai to 105 for no loss, an overall lead of 112 runs with all wickets intact.
Earlier, Sachin Baby was Kerala&rsquo;s top scorer (65; 130b) but he could not convert it into a big one, falling to Tanush Kotian (1-10; 3 overs).
Skipper Sanju Samson (38) also fell cheaply with Avasthi running through the Kerala middle-order.
Brief scores Mumbai 251 &amp; 105-0 (J Bista 59*, B Lalwani 41*) v Kerala 244 (S Baby 65, R Kunnummal 56, S Samson 38; M Avasthi 7-57, S Mulani 1-67, S Dube 1-22)
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In response to Mumbai’s first innings 251, the home side were restricted to 244 with Avasthi’s accurate and disciplined bowling (7-57)

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